It isn't just phone companies. We got a notice from Farmers Insurance that we had to "opt out" or they would be selling our info to. We opted out all right, we no longer have Farmers. What it comes down to is any company that you give information to can use or sell it as they see fit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "der.hans" To: "quatsch" Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:44 PM Subject: stopping opt-out moin, moin, some of these phone companies are also selling call history! Yikes. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/05/28/telecoms.privacy.ap/index.html At least Qwest got spanked and had to hold their plans off. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ # You can't handle the source! - der.hans ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 5/24/2002